Weather-strip.



H. INGHAM.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5, 1907.

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ation/m13 HERBERT INGHAM, OF BRANDON, MANITOBA, CANADA.

WE ATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application led November 5, 1907. Serial No. 400,882.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT INGHAM, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVeatlier- Strips, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved weather strip of that type which are designed to be applied to aV door or like swinging closure for the purpose of stopping up the crevices between the swinging closure and the frame and excluding wind, dust, moisture and the like which would find their way into the building through the said crevices. The object of the invention is to design a novel weather strip which can be readily applied to any conventional form of door without interfering with the free swinging movement thereof and will operate in an effective manner to accomplish the desired result.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the weather strip applied. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, the door being removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4f. Fig. t is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the weather strip.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the lower portion of a swinging door of the usual type, the said door being hinged upon a door frame 2. Applied to the lower edge of the door is a movable weather strip 3 which is adapted to project slightly beyond the lower edge of the door so as to bear against the threshold and produce a close joint, therewith'. Specifically describing this weather strip 3 it will be observed that the same `comprises a stiffening strip l of sheet metal or similar material the upper and lower longitudinal edges of the said strip being returned upon themselves as indicated at 5 and 6 respectively. A strip of felt or similar soft compressible material 7 has one edge thereof clamped between the upper returned portion of the sheet metal plate d and the body portion of the said plate, the said felt being bent around the lower returned edge 6 of the plate and extending upwardly upon the opposite side of the plate so as to be interposed between the same and the door. It will thus be apparent that when the weather strip is swung outwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l the same is moved away from the door and is elevated above the plane of the door or threshold so that thedoor can swing freely Yin vthe usual manner. However when the weather strip is swung downwardly into normal position the felt 7 is brought into contact with the door 1 and the threshold in such a manner as to close the crevice between the said members and effectively exclude wind, dust and the like.

Extending upwardly from the weather strip at points toward the opposite ends thereof are the hinge plates 10 the upper portions of which are rigidly connected to the inner face of a strip of molding 11.

This molding carries the weather strip and can be quickly applied to the door or swinging closure or removed therefrom as may be found desirable. rThe lower and inner corner of the molding 11 is cut away or recessed as indicated at 12 to form a clearance space for vthe weather strip 3, the said molding serving the double function of shielding the weather strip from view and of constituting a hood for protecting the weather strip from injury due to contact with eX- terior objects.

More specifically describing the hinge plates 10 it will be observed that the lower portions thereof are bifurcated, the arms of the bifurcation being bent around pintles 13 applied to the upper edge of the metallic plate 4 of the weather strip. Surrounding one of these pintles 13 between the arms of the hinge plate is a coil spring 14,.one end of the said spring engaging the plate while the opposite end engages the weather strip, the said coil spring operating to normally swing the weather strip outwardly away from the door and in an inoperative position as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.. 1.

Projecting from one end of the weather strip 3 and preferably from the outer end at the swinging edge ofthe door 1 is an eXtension 15 designed to engage the strip 16 applied to one side of the door frame and constituting a stop against which the edge that when the door is opened and the swingposition, thereby p reventing the attachment from interfering 1nv any manner with the y operates with the same to movethe weather the weather strip outwardly away from the n threshold and close the crevice between the -is claimed as new isi of the door abuts when the door in a closed position. It will thus be apparent ing edge thereof moved away from the stop 16 the coil spring 14 will operate to swing door and hold the same in an inoperative free movement of the door in the usual manner. However when the door is closed the extension 15 engages the stop 16Hand co-f strip downwardly against the action yof thee coil spring 14 so as to engage the door and said members in the manner specified. t

Having thus described the invention, what In a weather strip, the combination of, a strip of molding formed with a recessed portion, hinge plates carried by the molding, a swinging weather stri to the hinge plates an operating within and the said soft compressible material eX- tending around the lower edge of the stifenf in strip and upwardly upon the opposite si ,e thereof, a spring fornormally swinging.

tion, ,and an extension at one end of the *weatherl strip adapted to engage a stop and move the weather strip into an operative position when the swinging closure is closed.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT INGHAM. [La] 1 .l Witnesses: loosely connected f W. J. WAL'roN, C. L. LYNCH.

the weather strip into an inoperative posi- 

